Strawberry groundcherry (Alkekengi officinarum)

酸浆suān jiāngSuanjiang

Alkekengi officinarum · Plant

Alkekengi officinarum
Photo: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

The catalogue records no caution for this entry. That is not evidence that it is safe.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Strawberry groundcherry for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Acute TonsillitisDribbling UrinationDysenteryEczemaEdemaErysipelasFecal StoppageJaundiceLaryngeal Infection In ChildrenLung Heat CoughPain In Throat SwellingYellow-water Sore

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Strawberry groundcherry does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinDisinhibit Pharynx & LarynxDisinhibit Urine & Free Stool